Opera from around the UK
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OperaSceneUK retweeted
*** There’s always a danger, when adapting something as taut and psychologically airless as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold @theCentre asiw.co.uk/reviews/the-spy-w… via @ArtsSceneWales
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it is nice to see that particular kind of magic remains alive and well in this latest incarnation. @PriscillaTourUK @theCentre asiw.co.uk/reviews/priscilla… via @ArtsSceneWales
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Critique, opéra. CARDIFF, Welsh National Opera, le 16 avril 2026. WAGNER : Der Fliegende Holländer. Simon Bailey, Rachel Nicholls, James Cresswell… Tomas Hanus / Jack Furness classiquenews.com/critique-o… via @ClassiqueNews
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OperaSceneUK retweeted
Can't help wondering whether spending money on rebranding, posters and fancy videos when there isn't enough money to tour sends the right message for people to get behind @WelshNatOpera and oppose @Arts_Wales_ @ace_national cuts
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*** Welsh National Opera’s latest staging of The Flying Dutchman continues a now-familiar operatic vogue: the displacement of the titular... asiw.co.uk/reviews/senta-tak… via @ArtsSceneWales
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*** The opera’s vast, mythic horizons are narrowed to the interior life of a damaged child, compelling in outline, perhaps, but ultimately constricting. #WNO @WelshNatOpera @theCentre asiw.co.uk/reviews/senta-tak… via @ArtsSceneWales
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Is this the beginning of the end for Welsh National Opera as a serious performing company? asiw.co.uk/news/hard-times-f… via @ArtsSceneWales
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MWO gives opportunity to young singers. Fingers crossed forthcoming (WNO) season announcement restores ambition & substance to what was once one of Europe’s most admired companies. asiw.co.uk/reviews/dido-and-… @ace_national @Arts_Wales_ @rncmlive @RWCMD
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"fingers must remain crossed that the forthcoming season announcement restores some ambition and substance to what was once one of Europe’s most admired opera companies (WNO) " Fine young singers at MWO. asiw.co.uk/reviews/dido-and-…
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Is there a post-Covid future for opera in Wales? @Midwalesopera @WelshNatOpera @scene_opera @Arts_Wales_ #opera #wno #mwo @https://asiw.co.uk/reviews/dido-and-aenaes-mid-wales-opera via @ArtsSceneWales
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What’s the point of the Speaker of the House if he doesn’t make @Keir_Starmer answer the bloody questions on Mandelson? It’s a pantomime.
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OperaSceneUK retweeted
A new, monthly queer comedy night opens this weekend at Cabaret, Wales Millennium Centre. #LeePeart #LittleWanderer asiw.co.uk/news/queer-comedy… via @ArtsSceneWales
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OperaSceneUK retweeted
Review of Everyman's latest play Bent plus a host of reviews of other recent Everyman shows. asiw.co.uk/reviews/bent-ever… @everymancdf
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committed performances, thoughtful staging and moral clarity, proves that theatre, at any scale, can illuminate both the tragedies of the past and the unfinished struggles of the present. @everymancdf asiw.co.uk/reviews/bent-ever… via @ArtsSceneWales
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Cardiff New Theatre 2026 Danny Robins’ 2:22 A Ghost Story arrives at Cardiff’s New Theatre with its reputation well established. @222aghoststory @New_Theatre asiw.co.uk/reviews/222-a-gho… via @ArtsSceneWales
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Great songs, well sung, in easy show @theCentre asiw.co.uk/visiting-theatre/… via @ArtsSceneWales #steps
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Wales Millennium Centre Before the lights even dim, the audience is politely asked not to sing along until the encore.... asiw.co.uk/visiting-theatre/… via @ArtsSceneWales
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OperaSceneUK retweeted
Here & Now knows exactly what it is: a Steps singalong in theatrical clothing, garishly wrapped, unapologetically camp, and engineered to send you home humming. #WMC @theCentre asiw.co.uk/visiting-theatre/… via @ArtsSceneWales @WalesMillenniumCentre @TheStepsMusicalUK
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Adapting Inspector Morse for the stage was always going to be a high-wire act. John Thaw’s portrayal is not merely... asiw.co.uk/visiting-theatre/… via @ArtsSceneWales @New_Theatre #Morse
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